Successful Transplantation of a Split Crossed Fused Ectopic Kidney into a Patient with End-Stage Renal Disease

Table 1

Case Reports	Bailey et al. [8]	Ojo et al. [10]
Donor age/sexCOD	36/MCHI	20/MMVA
Diagnosis made	Procurement	Pre-operative CT scan
Description of Fusion	Left sided with inferior ectopia	Right sided with inferior ectopia
Arterial anatomy	3 arteries originating from infra-renal aorta	3 arteries originating infra-renal aorta and at iliac bifurcation
Arterial reconstruction	Two separate anastamoses, one of the single dominant artery and the second a patch of the two smaller arteries	Donor aorta directly to recipient iliac
Venous anatomy	Two veins originating from IVC	Five veins originating from IVC
Venous reconstruction	Two separate anastamoses to recipient iliac vein, initially one vein was ligated but reopened with evidence of venous hypertension.	Donor IVC to recipient iliac vein
Ureteral anatomy	Two ureters, separate bladder anastamoses.	Two ureters, separate bladder anastamoses.
Other information	Peritoneum opened to facilitate positioning
Follow-up	40 months, normal graft function	30 days, normal graft function

CHI=closed head injury, MVA=motor vehicle accident, CT=computed tomography, IVC=inferior vena cava